Poverty Reduction

Further to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in January 2005, pledges over USD 4.5 billion worth of external aid were made at the April 2005 Oslo conference against the Sudanese JAM Framework

This project aims at creating a Labour Intensive model to avail rapid employment opportunities for young unemployed unskilled and semi-skilled labourers and linkage to longer term employment and improved livelihoods opportunities

As part of its role to enhance national capacities for development planning and management, including the capacity for policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation, and coordination, UNDP has launched the “Enhanced National Capacities to Plan, Implement and Monitor the Achieved Millennium Development Goals (MDG)s” project in 2009.

The Human Development Reports (HDR) is an independent report and one of the main advocacy tools for UNDP for advancing the human development conceptual framework and in applying it to the current most pressing development challenges.

East Sudan is among the Sudanese states hardest hit the poverty where around 52.6% of the 4.5 million population lives below the poverty line, 60% of them are Youth. The Youth unemployment is one of the major challenges in the region. Youth are trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty, unemployment and illiteracy.

OUR WORK - POVERTY REDUCTION

The Poverty Reduction unit supports Sudan’s progress toward achieving the MDGs with focus on poverty reduction, inclusive growth and sustainable livelihoods. UNDP is involved in strengthening national and sub-national capacities for MDG reporting, promote MDG-based policies, and enhance MDG-based planning, with a specific focus on women and youth.